If I hear one more time the USPS say they're loosing money because of emails, I'll scream !! They've been using that same old lame excuse for about 15 years now ( raising stamp costs 2 cent here, 2 cents there, which don't forget raises sending package about .50 an oz ). With all the packages now sent through the USPS from online sales, they're making gazillions more than with any letters ever sent.
Take just me as an example, I never sent letters, just Christmas and greeting cards, which I still send today, ( maybe even a bit more than before ), but now with my online ebay sales and what I buy online (Amazon, Eddie Bauer, JC Penny.. and on, and, on ), I alone generate between $300 & $400 a MONTH, in shipping costs.
There are well over a million items sold on ebay in a single WEEK with an average shipping cost of $4.50 to $8.50 per ( sometime way more, but seldom less ), and 95% are sent through the USPS ( and the same 95% of all items I buy on other sites come through USPS )
Yes I'll admit some small post offices should be closed, but they can also stop spending insane amounts on advertising their flat rate boxes, not a day goes by when I don't see at least 5 Commercials ( at about $200,000.00 a pop ), why would they be drilling this in, if they weren't making money.
Before any money is doled out to "Save Them" they need to be thoroughly investigated and or audited.
Hey! It's good to see you posting! I wholeheartedly agree -- just put us in charge of the budget and we'll spend it the right way! They have to be making money hand over fist -- I mean, don't you print your own labels at home? I certainly do -- we're doing all the work!
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